Fearing this potential political threat, King Herod ... is celebrated as the Feast of the Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day in Christian tradition. Depictions of the magi on Epiphany were also ...

Continuing his commentary, Matthew describes how the Magi questioned King Herod about prophecies that ... shares ideas highly applicable to today's feast. He describes our time as a change of ...

Today is called The Feast of the Epiphany ... 2:1-12 on the visit of the Magi. “2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem ...

On entering the court of King ... the Magi, he became furious, ordering the slaughter of all the boys who were two years old and under in Bethlehem and its vicinity. The feast of the Epiphany ...

The Feast of the Epiphany is a holiday that marks the arrival of the Magi: the three wise men, or three kings, sent to Bethlehem “from the East” by Roman King Herod. The Gospel of Matthew ...

the Feast of the Holy Innocents. However we understand the account of the magi, one key element is surely the contrast between these wise seekers and king Herod, a contrast that perhaps ...

The feast marking the end of Christmas is called “Epiphany.” In the Latin rite ... Christ’s divinity and his revelation to the Magi as the King of Kings but also to his crucifixion.

On the feast day of the Epiphany, Pope Francis stressed the different attitudes of the Magi and Herod towards the news that "a king was born". One the one hand, the Magi "in their lives have not ...

This weekend is the observation of the Feast of the Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day. The date marks the arrival of the Magi ... attention drawn from King Herod by their arrival in Judea ...

In many countries there are 12 days of Christmas culminating with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6th ... ruled by the Roman King Herod, some men who studied the stars came from the ...